“We will continue upgrading our scanners and implement stringent measures, including intelligence sharing and use of scanners,” Mr Musyoki said in a statement to Sunday Nation. The agency has scanners at key points of entry of Kilindini Port, Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, Moi International Airport, Eldoret International Airport, Inland Container Depot in Embakasi and at Container Freight Stations. The authority’s deputy commissioner at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, said several large cargo had been seized. An October consignment of two containers with scrap batteries enroute to South Korea was declared as Kenyan tea for export. So bold are the dodgy importers that even the Pre-Arrival Cargo Clearance System appears not to have deterred them.

Source: Daily Nation March 11, 2017 16:29 UTC